Attachment for doors and the like



Get. 19 1926. 1,603,409 A. RECKENBACHER ATTACHMENT FOR DOORS AND THE LIKE Filed March 5, 1925 ew/Zr Ada/M AVMmMc/mr /o' WWZ/W 71/: k/wm tetented @cr. it pi a" 1-. m I

ill till a his) a mid ADULTS?! RICIIENBACI-Ifiit, 6F LOSANGELES, CALIZ URNIA, ASSIGNOR OF GI\TE-1:I.:2.LF T9 GEORGE IEATTTIYSSEIQ', GE INGLEV/OOD, CALIFORIIIA.

ATTACEII JIEIT'I. BOURKE AND THE LIKE.

Application filed March 5, 1925.

This invention has to do with a device for use in connection with doors, covers of various kinds, etc., and it is an object of the invention to provide a simple, effective and practical device for holding a door or the like in one or more predetermined positions.

My present invention is particularly applicable to embodiment in a hinge, so therefore, I will throughout this disclosure describe the invention in combination with a simple and commonfor-m of hinge, it being understood that the invention is not limited in its broader aspects to the details of hinge construction herein set forth.

An object of this invention is to provide a simple, effective and practical device operable to yieldingly hold a door, or the like, in one or more positions upon its being moved thereto.

Another object of this invention is to pro vide a device of the character referred to which can be applied to or embodied in a hinge at small cost.

The various objects and features of my present invention will be best and more fully understood from the following de tailed descriptionof typical. forms and ap plications of the invention throughout which description reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which- F 1 is a view showing atypical and common form of strap hinge embodying or having applied thereto a construction including the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the construction shown in Fig. 1 showing it applied to a door and casement.

Fig, 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing another form of construction embodying my invention, and

Fig. 1 is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating the form of construction shown in Fig. 3.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, numeral 10 designates, genorally, a simple and common form of hinge including two pivotally connected sections 11 and 12. In the particular form of hinge shown in the drawings the sections 11 and 12 are provided with meshing bearing parts 13 through which is passed a pivotpin let, The hinge sections 11 and 12 are formed of sheet metal and are in the form of straps or flanges adapted to be secured, as by means of screws, to the parts to be hinged together.

Serial No. 13,163.

The bearings parts 13 are formed at the joining ends of the sections by turning the sheet metal so that it extends around the pivot pin.

In accordance with my invention I provide a segment 15 on one of the hinge sections, for instance, on the hinge section 11, and a latch 17 on the other hinge seetion, for instance, the hinge section 12. The segment- 15 is arcuate inform and in ac cord ance with my invention is provided with one or more depressions 18. The segment 15 is rigidly connected with the hinge section 11 as by means of a flange 19 riveted or otherwise secured to the hinge section. The segment is concentric with the pivotal axis of the hinge and in the preferred form of construction it is formed of a strip of sheet metal suitably curved or bent and c imped or indented at suitable points along its length to form the depressions 18. The flange 19 may be formed by bending the inner end of the metal strip as shown in the drawings. The outer end 10 of the segment is bent or turned.- inwardly so that it will depress the latch when the device is operated as hereinafter described. The depressions 18 are formed in the outer side of the segment and their sides are inclined or rounded so that the latch can be released from them in the manner hereinafter described, The length or extent of the segment and the number of depressions provided in it will depend upon the use to which the device is to be put, for instance, in some cases it may be desired to provide a segment with only one depression at point comparatively close to the hinge section 11 in which case the segment may be comparatively short, while again it may be desired to provide a plurality of depressions in various spaced relation and at various distances from the section 11 in which case the se ment will be comparatively long.

The latch 17 is mounted onthe other section of the hinge, that is, on the section 12, to cooperate with the depressions in the segment 15 to yieldingly holdthe sections in one or more predetermined relative positions. In the form of the invention under consideration the latch 17 is in the form of a bolt slidably carried by projections 20 and 21 extending from the hinge section 12. The projections 20 and 21 may be applied to the hinge secill tion 12 at suitable points or they may be in the form of tabs punched or formed out of the body or stock of the hinge section as l have shown throughout the drmvings. The latch 17 is provided with a head slidably carried in the projection 20 and a. stem which extends to and is slidably carried by the projection 21. The head 22 is rectangular in cross sectional contiguration and is slidably carried in a correspondingly shaped opening in the projection 20 so that it is held in proper position or alignment with relation tothe depressions 18 in the segment. A. spring 2% is provided to actuate the latch so that its head 22 is normally in position to project into a depression in the segment. The spring 2st may be a helical spring carried on the stem 23 between the projection 21 and a flange 26 fixed on the stem. The flange 26 may be carried on the stem so that it engages or abuts the head 22 of. the latch, In the arrangement shown in the drawings the end of the stem 23 extends through the projection 21 and is provided with a pin 30 which limits the movement out the latch in the direction in which it is urged by the spring. As before stated the various parts are arranged and propertioned so that the head 22 of the latch is in position to engage and cooperate with the indentations in the segment.

In operation the hinge 10 may be applied to a casement C and door D in the manner of an ordinary hinge, the parts provided by the present invention being mounted on the front of the hinge so that they do not interfere with the mounting of the hinge. As the door is swung open, or in the direction indicated by arrow A, from the position shown inFig. 2 the inwardly turning outer end part 40 of the segment depresses the latch against the resistance of the spring 2 1- whereupon the segment slides in engagement with the head of the latch until one of the depressions 18 comes into register with the head. of the latch whereupon the spring actuates the latch to seat the head 22 in the depression. The seating of the head of the latch in the depression 18 will yieldingly hold the two sections of the hinge against relative movement and will thereby operate to yieldingly hold the door in set position with relation to the easement. In the case of a segment provided with a plurality of depressions the door may be operated until the desired depression is engaged by the latch. The depressions being rounded as clearly shown in Fig 2 of the drawings makes it possible to disengage or release the latch from the depression and move the door by applying suitable pressure to the door and without manually erging the latch or any part connected therewith. in accordance with my invention the projection 20 is punched or formed on the hinge part 12 so that the opening .11 which it leaves in the hinge part is in the path 01 travel of the segment 15 and will allow the segment to pass through the section 21 when the operation of the device so requires. Further in practice the easement may be provided with a. recess l3 in register with the opening 41 to receive the segment 15 so that the segment does not interfere with full operation 01" the door.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4- of the drawings the ment 15 is provided with depressions 18 in its upper edge rather than in its outer side as in the case hereinabove described. ln this form of the invention the latch 17 is in the form of a simple lever pivotally mounted on the hinge section 12 by a pivot pin 15 so that its outer end is in position to engage the upper edge portion of the segment 15 and cooperate with the depressions 18. The latch 17 may be mounted on the hinge section 12 so that it is substantially horizontal and is normally held in operating position with relation to the segment by gravity. In this case I have illustrated a segment substantially semicircular in form, so that it is always in position under the latch. The segment may be provided with any suitable number of depressions and the depressions may be so spaced or related so as to cooperate with the latch in holding the door in the desired positions In this case as in the one first described, the hinge section 12 is provided with an opening 11 to pass the segment, and the casement C, to which the hinge section 12 is applied, is mortised or provided with a recess to receive the segment after it has passed through the opening, 11.

In operation this form of the invention is substantially the same as the one first described, the latch 17 being normally held in engagement with the segment 15 by gravitational action. The latch drops into the depressions 1.8 to yieldingly hold the hinge against operations and can be displaced. from depressions by applying suitable pressure to the door, the sides of the notches 18 being rounded or shaped so that this is pos sible.

Having described only a typical preferred form of ny invention 1 do not wish to limit myself to the specific details set torth, but wish to reserve to myself any changes or variations that may appear to those skillet. in the art or fall within the scope of the following claim.

Having described my invention, 1 cla1in:

A. device of the character described including two pivotally connected hinge sections, a metal strip having an arcuate part turned inwardly at one end and having a flange at the other end secured to one seetion so that the arcuate part is concentric with the pivotal connection, the arcuate part having a depression formed in its conveX side, two spaced projections formed on the other section so that one leaves on opening to pass the arcuate parts, a latch having a head carried by one projection in position to engage the arcuate part and a stem extending to and carried by the other projection, and a spring in connection With the 10 latch normally yieldingly urging it to a position Where the head Will extend into the depression.

In Witness that I claim the'foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 28rd 15 day of Feb. 1925.

ADOLPH RICKENBACHER. 

